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VersionsAdditional versions

9.3.21.0 4.40%
9.3.16.0 14.29%
9.3.16.0 7.69%
8.3.23.0 1.10%
8.3.14.1 5.49%
8.3.14.1 13.19%
7.2.17.0 3.30%
4.11.9.1 34.07%
4.11.9.1 2.20%
3.10.8.2 5.49%
2.47.62.1 8.79%

Relationships

Parent process
Related files

PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
iphlpapi.dll
IcmpCloseHandle, IcmpCreateFile, IcmpSendEcho
kernel32.dll
DllMain, CompareStringW, IsValidLocale, EnumSystemLocalesA, GetLocaleInfoA, GetUserDefaultLCID, GetTimeZoneInformation, SetFilePointer, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, GetFullPathNameA, GetLocaleInfoW, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleW, QueryPerformanceCounter, QueryPerformanceFrequency, FindFirstFileW, HeapAlloc, HeapFree, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcessHeap, GetFileAttributesW, GetLastError, GetProcAddress, FindClose, FindNextFileW, LocalFree, SetFileAttributesW, CreateDirectoryW, DeleteFileW, CreateProcessW, WaitForSingleObject, GetExitCodeProcess, CloseHandle, GetDriveTypeW, GetCurrentProcess, GetLogicalDrives, GetTickCount, IsWow64Process, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetProcessTimes, SystemTimeToFileTime, GetSystemTime, GetCurrentThread, SetThreadAffinityMask, GetSystemDefaultLangID, GetSystemDirectoryW, GetVersionExW, GlobalMemoryStatusEx, GetFileAttributesExW, GetUserDefaultUILanguage, GetWindowsDirectoryW, CreateFileW, DeviceIoControl, GetProcessAffinityMask, InterlockedDecrement, lstrlenW, GetSystemDirectoryA, lstrcmpiW, SetEvent, InitializeCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, ReleaseSemaphore, EnterCriticalSection, ResetEvent, CreateSemaphoreW, CreateEventW, DeleteCriticalSection, SetEnvironmentVariableW, GetModuleHandleExW, Sleep, CopyFileW, GetModuleFileNameW, LocalAlloc, RemoveDirectoryW, GetVolumeInformationW, CreateMutexW, GetNativeSystemInfo, PeekNamedPipe, ConnectNamedPipe, WriteFile, FormatMessageW, FileTimeToSystemTime, ReadFile, GetOverlappedResult, SetThreadPriority, FlushFileBuffers, SetEnvironmentVariableA, WaitForMultipleObjects, ReleaseMutex, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, ResumeThread, WideCharToMultiByte, MultiByteToWideChar, SetEndOfFile, SetFilePointerEx, GetFileInformationByHandle, lstrlenA, GetCurrentThreadId, GetModuleFileNameA, GetCurrentDirectoryW, CreateNamedPipeA, CreateFileA, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryW, ProcessIdToSessionId, GetCurrentProcessId, LoadLibraryA, GetModuleHandleA, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, HeapSize, SetLastError, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, GetStartupInfoW, GetFileType, InterlockedExchange, RaiseException, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetStringTypeW, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, GetCommandLineA, HeapSetInformation, GetDriveTypeA, FindFirstFileExA, MoveFileW, ExitThread, CreateThread, HeapReAlloc, ExitProcess, GetCPInfo, RtlUnwind, LCMapStringW, TerminateProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, HeapCreate, SetHandleCount, GetStdHandle, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount
ole32.dll
CoUninitialize, CoInitialize, StringFromGUID2, CoCreateGuid, CoCreateInstance, CoSetProxyBlanket
setupapi.dll
SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList, SetupDiGetClassDevsW, SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces, SetupDiGetDeviceInterfaceDetailW, SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyW, SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo, SetupDiSetDeviceInstallParamsW, SetupDiGetDriverInstallParamsW, SetupDiEnumDriverInfoW, SetupDiGetDeviceInstallParamsW, SetupDiBuildDriverInfoList, SetupDiDestroyDriverInfoList
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW
user32.dll
GetSystemMetrics, EnumDisplaySettingsExW, EnumDisplaySettingsW, EnumDisplayDevicesW
wintrust.dll
WinVerifyTrust

daemonu.exe

NVIDIA GeForce Experience by NVIDIA Corporation (Signed)

Remove daemonu.exe
Version:   9.3.21.0
MD5:   f313ffea01c3dff4e7e763da29b0ff36
SHA1:   b07c237bc05c3eee6ed28cfc3c168847da5a725c

What is daemonu.exe?

NVIDIA Settings Update Manager is part of the GeForce brand of graphics processing units (GPUs) designed by Nvidia which expands GPU functionality beyond the traditional rasterization of 3D graphics, to turn it into a high-performance computing device able to execute arbitrary programming code in the same way a CPU does.

About daemonu.exe (from NVIDIA Corporation)

Want to know the best settings to play your games? GeForce Experience will figure it out for you. GeForce Experience connects you to NVIDIA’s cloud datacenter to download optimal game settings tailore

DetailsDetails

File name:daemonu.exe
Publisher:NVIDIA Corporation
Product name:NVIDIA GeForce Experience
Description:NVIDIA Settings Update Manager
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\nvidia update core\daemonu.exe
File version:9.3.21.0
Size:1.83 MB (1,914,656 bytes)
Build date:11/8/2013 12:23 AM
Certificate
Issued to:NVIDIA Corporation
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Expiration date:Sunday, February 9, 2014
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • nvUpdatusService
  • 'nvUpdatusService' (NVIDIA Update Service Daemon)
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core\daemonu.exe'
Network connections
Access through an approved Windows firewall exception
  • [UDP] listens on port 48000

  • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.00055317%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.00015330%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.00039987%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:1,264 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    CPU cycles:661,902/sec
    17,470,203/sec
    Context switches:2/sec
    284/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:15.55 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):22.45 MB
    Private (minimum):14.48 MB
    Non-paged memory:15.55 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:91.22 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):104.07 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:22.45 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):25.66 MB
    37.95 MB
    Page faults:15,823/min
    2,039/min
    I/O
    I/O read transfer:1.19 KB/sec
    1.02 MB/min
    I/O read operations:91/sec
    343/min
    I/O write transfer:3.53 KB/sec
    274.99 KB/min
    I/O write operations:1/sec
    227/min
    I/O other transfer:5.79 KB/sec
    448.09 KB/min
    I/O other operations:235/sec
    1,671/min
    Resource allocations
    Threads:9
    12
    Handles:370
    600

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:High
    Platform:64-bit
    Command line:"C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\nvidia update core\daemonu.exe"
    Owner:User
    Windows Service
    Service name:nvUpdatusService
    Display name:nvUpdatusService
    Description:“NVIDIA Settings Update Manager service, used to check new updates from NVIDIA server.”
    Type:Win32OwnProcess
    Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

    ResourcesThreads

    Averages
     
    wow64.dll
    Total CPU:0.00170933%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:0.00149112%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:0.00021821%
    0.165382%
    CPU cycles:56,947/sec
    5,741,424/sec
    Memory:252 KB
    1.16 MB
    daemonu.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:0.00066677%
    Kernel CPU:0.00035157%
    User CPU:0.00031520%
    CPU cycles:154,165/sec
    Context switches:1/sec
    Memory:1.85 MB
    ntdll.dll
    Total CPU:0.00010924%
    Kernel CPU:0.00010924%
    User CPU:0.00000000%
    CPU cycles:3,916/sec
    Memory:1.66 MB

    Common loaded modules

    These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

    Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

    OS versiondistribution
    Windows 7 Ultimate 21.98%
    Windows 7 Home Premium 18.68%
    Windows 8 Pro 13.19%
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 9.89%
    Microsoft Windows XP 8.79%
    Windows 7 Professional 6.59%
    Windows 8 4.40%
    Windows 8 Enterprise 4.40%
    Windows 8.1 3.30%
    Windows 8.1 Pro 3.30%
    Windows Vista Ultimate 2.20%
    Windows Vista Home Premium 2.20%
    Windows 8.1 Single Language 1.10%

    Distribution by countryDistribution by country

    United States installs about 26.14% of NVIDIA GeForce Experience.

    OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

    PC Manufacturerdistribution
    ASUS 26.17%
    Dell 18.69%
    Lenovo 11.21%
    Acer 10.28%
    Hewlett-Packard 6.54%
    Sony 5.61%
    Toshiba 5.61%
    GIGABYTE 4.67%
    Intel 3.74%
    Alienware 2.80%
    MSI 1.87%
    American Megatrends 1.87%
    Sahara 0.93%
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